Where does “petiole” come from?
Petiole comes from French pétiole, from Latin petiolus, a diminutive of pes meaning foot, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ped- meaning foot.
petiole (English): The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the...
Definitions
- The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the...
Ancestry of “petiole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pétiole | leafstalk, petiole |
| 2 | Latin | petiolus | a little foot; a fruit stalk; stem |
| 3 | Latin | pediciolus | — |
| 4 | Latin | pedīculus | A little foot |
| 5 | Latin | pēdis | louse |
| 6 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |